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NRDC in the News 8/17: Climate change inaction, tar sands, air pollution standards and more...

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Posted August 17, 2011 in The Media and the Environment

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The Washington Post quoted Dan Lashof expressing concern about Congress getting in the way of any climate change action… Josh Mogerman criticized the Canadian tar sands oil industry's greenwashing efforts in a Greenwire article on reclamation of former bitumen strip mines that was picked up online by The New York Times…  

In the midst of record-breaking heat and drought, Kim Knowlton joined Texas Public Radio’s “Texas Matters” program to discuss NRDC’s new mapping tool that shows how climate change threatens health….Roland Hwang praised new regulations pushing major fuel efficiency advances in the U.S. in Capitol Weekly

In Philadelphia’s Reading Eagle, Emily Davis emphasized that the cement industry has had more than a decade to prepare to meet new toxic air pollution standards…. NRDC’s report on how U.S. cities’ water resources will be affected by climate change was mentioned in a Forbes.com piece and an E&E News’ Climate Wire article

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